Hi,

I’m a student who will be traveling to mainland China for two months and am looking for some advice from some of you who have traveled to China to photograph.

This will be the first time back in the country since my first visit as a child 12 years ago. I’m aware that the government is very keen on censorship and questionable towards foreign media.

I was born in the United States and my parents previously had Chinese citizenship but have renounced that citizenship and have had United States citizenship for quite a while.

Although I am a student, I’m studying to be a photojournalist, and I’m also worried that my educational background might trigger a few red flags as well.

I’ll be carrying my Canon 7D and about 3 lenses into the country. I’m thinking of bringing my laptop so that I can store my RAWs, etc.

If anyone has advice or would like to share personal experiences, I’d greatly appreciate it. It’ll help me not to make bad mistakes. Thanks!